This month, the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) hosts its 108th annual meeting March 16-21, 2019, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, where many of our Department faculty, residents and fellows will present recent work. It is the largest world meeting of pathologists.
On Sunday March, 17, Chairman and Professor George Netto, M.D., will kick things off with a talk on "Liquid Biopsy in Precision Oncology: Plasma and Beyond!" at the College of American Pathogists' companion meeting. That evening at 5:30-7:30pm, our team will host a booth at the Fellowship Fair, featuring information about our fellowship opportunities, giveaways and more. The coursework and poster sessions continue throughout the week until the conference conclusion on Thursday, March 21.
Monday throughout the day our faculty will present posters and talks, including a Genitourinary Platform presentation, "Is MRI/US Fusion-Targeted Biopsy Alone Adequate for Detecting Prostate Cancer in Patients with a Prior Negative Prostate Biopsy?" featuring Maria del Carmen Rodriguez Pena, M.D., Marie-Lise Eich, M.D., and Jennifer Gordetsky, M.D. That evening the Department will host a reception for all current and former faculty, staff and students, 5-7:30 p.m. in the National Harbor Room 8. Poster sessions will feature 10 posters in categories ranging from cytopathology to hematopathology to genitourniary pathology.
Tuesday morning's highlights include a lecture by Anna Yemelyanova, M.D., Professor, on "Molecular Testing of Solid Tumors: Anatomic Pathologist in Charge of Pre-Analytics." It is part of the Molecular track, which Netto will introduce with a talk on "Molecular Diagnostic and Genomic Applications in Cancer: A Primer for the Pathologist." Poster sessions will include five UAB faculty posters. In the afternoon, Deniz Peker, M.D., will present "Characterization of Cancer Immune Profiles in Patients with Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma," during the Neuropathology Platform, at 2:15 p.m.
On Wednesday Cristina Magi-Galluzzi, M.D., Ph.D., Division Director, Anatomic Pathology, Presents in the Genitourinary Pathology Short Course, and gives a "Hot Topic" talk on "Prostate Cancer Pathology: Grading, Reporting, Diagnosis." Nine more posters throughout the day, in the genitourinary, breast cancer, quality assurance categories, lead up to the Evening Specialty Conference in Genitourinary Pathology, in which Jennifer Gordetsky, M.D., Associate Professor, presents, "Poor Prognostic Findings in Genitourinary Pathology, What Not to Miss," at 8:30 p.m.
Click here for a comprehensive listing of UAB Pathology presentations at the USCAP Conference. Look forward to conference coverage on our Twitter account, @UABPathology.
This year's third annual C. Bruce Alexander Lecture in Pathology Education, sponsored by the Department of Pathology, featured Jacob Steinberg, M.D., Professor and Program Director, Autopsy Service & Residency Training, and Chair, Subcommittee of GME Wellness at Montefiore Medical College of Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The event took place on February 28 in the West Pavilion Conference Center to a full audience.
Steinberg's talk, titled,"Why the Physician-Pathologist Matters," honored Alexander's legacy at UAB--the two have been friends for decades.
Dr. Steinberg with Dr. Alexander before the lecture starts. 
Steinberg with Marisa Marques, M.D., and her mentor, Dr. Bruce Alexander 
James Hackney, M.D., Neuropathology, with Drs. Steinberg and Alexander
Steinberg received his medical degree at Stritch-Loyola University of Chicago, and was trained at the University of Pennsylvania and NYU, including Bellevue & VA hospitals. At Einstein, Dr. Steinberg chaired the AMA-LCME Committee for the Granting of the M.D. Degree, and was a founding member of the Dean’s Letter Committee (MSPE), and chaired the Medical Student Thesis Committee. Dr. Steinberg is Program Director of Residency Training & the Autopsy Service. He was a member of the ACGME Residency Milestones Committee, & Chair of the Program Directors’ (APC/PRODS). JJ chairs the GME Housestaff Wellness SubCommittee, which helps to improve the quality of life of 1500+ residents and fellows. He served (under both Democratic & Republican Administrations) on the Scientific Advisory Panel for the United States Environmental Protection Agency. He was an AAAS Fellow.
Dr. Steinberg's awards include the Einstein’s Davidoff Teaching Honors Society, Einstein’s the Rosen Outstanding Teacher's Award, NIH Geriatric Leadership Academic Award, and Faculty Awardee, Bronx High School of Science, Science Education, Minority Students Program, and AOA faculty. He was a decade-long invited participant of the Dartmouth Health Care Leadership Institute. JJ has been awarded the National Distinguished Teaching Award in Graduate Medical Education in 2014 & is also the Montefiore Faculty & Alumni Physician Honoree for 2019.
Congratulations to Stephen Moser, Ph.D., Professor of Laboratory Medicine, who was appointed Professor Emeritus this month by the University of Alabama Board of Trustees.
Dr. Moser celebrated his retirement from the Department in November, 2018, after more than two decades of service. Read more about his career here.
Effective Friday, February 1, Adam Jones, M.D., will serve as Anatomic Pathology Chief Resident, and Danielle Fasciano, D.O, as Clinical Pathology Chief Resident for 2019-2020. Congratulations!
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